World Whisky

It may suprise your hardened Scotch drinker to discover that some of the mostly highly praised whiskies in the world come from outside of whisky's traditional heartlands of Scotland and Ireland. Amrut and Penderyn must come in for special praise here, Japanese whiskies having their own section on this site. This is the place to shed your certainties and consider something new.

Known by its unique production process of using cherrywood-smoked barley, comes Sonoma County West of Kentucky Bourbon No.1. This American whiskey from California also features unmalted ryeandcorn in its mash bill.

A cracking California rye from the Sonoma County Distilling Co., made up of 10% unmalted wheat and barley whilst the use of 80% unmalted rye gives this whiskey it's core style. Before bottling it up they've smoked it with cherrywood, too.